Method of making tire valves



E V. MYERS.

METHOD OF MAKING TIRE VALVES: APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1 91?- RENEWEDYMAR. 24,1921- "Pateuted 32124.3 1

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O A. SCI-IRADEI-LS CORPORATION OF NEW METHOD OF IVIAKING TIRE VALVES.

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tlriginal'ahplication filed March 21, 1916, Serial Ne.85,633. Divided and this a 1917, Serial No. 170,1?9. Renewed March 24, 1921.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE V. MYnns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in East 0 ange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Tire Valves, of which the followingis a specification.

This a plication is a division of my appli cation,. "erial No. 85,633, filed March 21, 191.6, and is directed to a method of forming tire valve casings or stems set forth in said application.

Valves for pneumatic tires usually coinprise a long casing member commonly called a valve stem which is provided with a bore from end to end. The maximum diameter of such casings is limited due to the condition that the valve must pass through a hole in the vehicle rim, and such hole is limited in size. Hence the internal bore must neces sarily be or" small dimensions. In those constructions wherein the valve casing is provided with a reduced nipple at its inner end the diameter of this bore is still further limited. 5

Yi' ithin the bore is usually located a valve seat and a valve plunger, together with a spring; for operating the plunger, and these parts are customarily made separately and inserted within the bore by screwing them in.

The valve casings as thus described have.

almost nvariably been made of brass owing to the fact that the valves in use are'subjected to wet and moisture and would speedily rustit not formed of a non-rusting metal. it is i articularly desirable that the inner parts of the valve casing and particularly the portions near the inner end shall he rust-proof", since it is at these portions liilili the actual working parts of the valve are located. It has also been customary to l nickel-plate the casingsbut it is found in practice that the nickel-plating does not extend to any material extent ,into the bore of the valve easing. h

The most expensive part of the valve is the casing and it materially increases the cost thereof to construct it of brass or other Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3,

pplicaticn filed may 22 Serial No. 455,326.

expensive non-corroding metal. The object of the present invention is to reduce the cost of the casing by forming it at least in part of steelor other cheap metalin such manner as to avoid the deleterious effects of rust, particularly on the'inner part of the casing.

In the drawings Ithave shown several constructions of the ihi'entiou;

lleferringto the drawings ,Figure l is a view partly in diametrical section of. one construction.

Fig. 9.;is a sectional view of struction.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of another construction.

Fig. i is a similar vew of struction.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a detail taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a diametrioal section of a foot construction. I

Referring first to Fig. 1, let A indicate the body of the casing, B its flanged foot, and C its nipple. This construction is that another conanother conof the standard Schradcr valve. The casing" A is provided above the flanged foot B with a recess D designed to receive the edges of the tire tube. It is screw-threaded on its exterior at E to receive a rim nut. dust cap,-etc. Extending through the casing A. is a bore F which in the construction shown is enlarged at its upper end to receive the working parts of the valve. In the usual construction the upper end of the bore is interiorly screw-threaded at (i, and immediately below the screw-threaded part is a tapered shoulder H which is adapted to engage the packing l ota valve seat member J. A plug K is provided which engages the Screw-thread G and forces the packingl against the shoulder H. A lower. shoulder J is usually provided to engage a spring holder M which forms a stop for the lower part of the spring; N. The plug K, seat 3, spring N, and spring holder M are linked together by a pin 0, so that the valve parts are removable as a whole.

According to. thepresent invention as shown in this figure, the body A of the can valve casingand which carries the Working that the bore F is protected ingand the foot B ing larger worlringf'parts of the valve, tl'ie have a shoulder 'l" at its hhttoni design valve parts being introduced through the rest against a similar shoulder are constructed of steel,. can be united by making the insertof iron, or some other cheap metal.- This will slightly larger diameter than the bor in preferably be nickel or copper-plated on its which 11; fits, and forcing the insert by presexterior so as to resist rusting action. This sure into the bore. This produces a leakis the least important part oi the valve cas-- tight joint, the slight unevenness oi ing, so far as rust is concerned, and a proper parts being compensated by the flow coating can be made since it is on the exsmoothing down of the walls of the terior of the casing. Such a construction is found to With regard to the interior of the casing, leakage under high pressure. .lt is however, it is impossible by ordinary nlcthable, however, to form a small shoulc. r s. ods to protect the metal from rusting, since as R on the insert and iurn a flange, s ch as the metal will not electrolytically deposit S, over the top of it, in order to avoid any into the bore of the valve. The parts which possibility of dislodgement. Such c ilshould be particularly- )rotccted are the struction will also resist the ordinary t r shoulder 'H, the thread x and that part of sional strains of screwing and unscre the bore which mainly receives the valve the cap and pump coupling, but if desi insides or working )arts. The valve cap non-circular surfaces may be "formed on and pump coupling l which are not shown) insertand valve body as show-n. in ig. which are habitually and frequently used where the shoulder R is polygonal and the with pneumatic tires also render it difiiculttop of the bore of the body .is" su'tably to protect the exterior thread P of the nipformed to provide an additional srat'eguard ple suiiiciently by plating methods to avoid against turning, or any other suitable mode wearing off. and rusting. may be employed for this purpose. li'oe "in the construction shown in Fig. l I sired also the insert may be sna l at hence construct the valve casing in two bottom than at the top, and the borer-o parts, one the body A. ofthe casing, which spondingly shaped (see l). as before stated is preferably of some cheap By this construction I secure metal, and the other an insert Q which is of valve having the same rust-resis 'n brass. copper, or other non-rusting metal. ties as a brass valve at those points w The insert Q; preferably contains all of the is essential that these properties shall. be working parts and is formed with the present. At the same time the cost of connipple C, so that no rusting is possible on struction is greatly reduced, since the weight the interior of the insert and the exterior ofmetalused in the brass insert comparaand interior of the nipple tively small in proportion to the intal The insert Q3 according tothe present inweight of the valve body. its tins convention is permanently attached to the body structed the valve in appearance sii'nilar ofthecasing in such manner that the two to an ordinary brass valve. it may be parts constitute a single casing. It is to be nickeled when completed or coated on its clearly distinguished from those'constructerior, as may be desired. tions in which a plug is provided for the Fig. 2 shows a similar construction can parts of the valve. Such constructions are of some rust-resisting material such. iiuvarlably used'for the purpose of providbrass lead, or the like. The sleevebottom oi the plug. In order to gain access on the interior of the shell. As the to theworking parts in such constructions it of this sleeve is only to prevent rus is essential that the plug'be removable, and the bore, no special pains need be taken this has introduced an element of weakness provide a leak-tight joint between the S eeve into such constructions which has never been and the casing. overcome. A removable joint is constantly- In Fig. 3 the constructionis similar open to leakage, particularly on account of cept that the insert Q is provided with the torsional strain whichis put upon the integral sleeve T In this const'niction plug in screwing and unscrewing oou lings, flange T may be formed at'the LOWQI' end caps etc. The invention shown in *ig. 1 of the casing. In this construction it a is. directed to that type'of valve in which of solder is made between the end of the the valve insides are removable through the sleeve and .t-hefo'ot B, or other means top, and the insertis a permanent and'fix'edadopted at the foot to secure a leak-tightpart of the valve shell and connected to it 'oint, thefit of the insert and sleeve need not with aleak-tight join-h e precise. In such construction, particu ii The union between the insert and the .larly if the flange S at the top of the casing body 0% the casing must be such as to prej is of sufficient strength to mechanically hold vent displacement by pressure and leakage the-insert, the line of solder need only be around the joint.

such as to prevent the leakage of air be. .I have found- '11 practice that the parts tween the insert and the casing. 1130 in the constructions of Fi s. '1, 2 and 3 the insert may be united to the. body of thel shell before the drilling, seat-forming operations and screw-threading operations are performed on the insert, or these maybe done prior to the insertion. 1

In Fig. 1- I have illustrated another construction of insert having a flange Q (preferably a plurality of them) which are designed to contact with similar internal flanges on the steel valve body. As the plug is forced in under pressure, these flanges are ,bent back and not only secure a mechanical joint but an air-tight joint between the parts. Thisconstruction may also include the shoulder R and hangs S of Fig. 1, or other suitable means for the same purposes.

TnFig. (i a construction is shown in'which a brass or other rust resisting foot B is emplayed. in this case the brass foot is preferahly provided with a collar B", and the casing is provided with an integral sleeve B passing through the collar and upset on the under side of the foot. A line of solder may be employed at B andthe parts may be forced together with a leak-tight joint. This construction may be considerably varied and is adaptable for use with metals of similar character.

In any of the constructions described it is obvious that a packing of metal or other substance can be introduced between the two parts, although ordinarily this will not be necessary.

ii bile l have shown and described several forms of the invention, it will be undertood that I do not wish to be limited thereto, since various changes can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention.

"Whatl claim is l. The method of constructing a composite and unitary wilve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, and a separate end part, and uniting the twp by forcing one into a bore in the other to such extent as to produce a permanent, leak-tight, metal-to-metal joint between the parts. r

2. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, and a separate end part, and uniting the two by forcing one into a bore in the other to such extent as to produce a permanent, leak-tight, meta lto-metal joint between the parts, and forcing one metal so that it overlies the other to prevent withdrawal of the parts.

3. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, and a separate end part, and uniting the two by forcing one into a bore in the other to such extent as to produce a permanent, leak-tight, metril-to-metal tight, metal-to-metal joint between the partss,

5. The method of forming a composite valve shell which consists in constructing the body of the valve oi strong, rigid, oxidizing material, providing said body with a bore in its outer end, constructing an insert of rustresisting material, said insert having a bore, an internally threaded end, a shoulder below said thread, and a valve chamber below said shoulder and uniting said insert to said body within said bore to secure a permanent metallic joint between said parts.

6. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid oxidizing material having a bore, forming an insert of rust-resisting material, forcing the insert an extended distance into said bore after the walls contact, whereby to cause a wiping action of one part upon the other to secure a permanent, leak-tight joint between the parts.

7. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, and a separate end part, one of said parts entering the other, and one of said parts on its contacting surface having protruding portions adapted to displace metal on the other of said parts, and unit ing the two by forcing the parts together to such extent as to produce a permanent,

mctal-to-metal joint between the parts.

8. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, such as iron or steel, and a separate end part, one of said parts entering the other, and the iron or steel part being formed with ridges adapted to displace metal on the other part, and uniting the two by forcing the same together to such extent as to produce a permanent, leak-tight, metal to-metal joint between the parts.

9. The method of constructing a composite and unitary valve shell or the like which comprises the formation of a body of strong and rigid metal, such as iron or steel, and a separate end part, one of said parts entering the other, and both of said parts being constructed with ridges, and torcin, the parts together to such extent as to pro ice a of Constructing a coxn-' ing one into a, bore-in the other to such ex.- tent as to producea permanent, 1eak-tight, metal-to-metal joint between the parts.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. 7

EUGENE VI/MYERS. 

